EP1247954B1 - Branch pipes for an exhaust manifold and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01N13/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
- F01N13/08—Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01N13/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
- F01N13/08—Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits
- F01N13/10—Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits of exhaust manifolds
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01N3/00—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
- F01N3/08—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
- F01N3/10—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
- F01N3/24—Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by constructional aspects of converting apparatus
- F01N3/28—Construction of catalytic reactors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01N2260/00—Exhaust treating devices having provisions not otherwise provided for
- F01N2260/06—Exhaust treating devices having provisions not otherwise provided for for improving exhaust evacuation or circulation, or reducing back-pressure
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- the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an exhaust manifold branch pipe mounted to of an internal combustion engine.
- An exhaust manifold 1 is made up of a flange 2 fastened to the exhaust side of an engine, four branch pipes 3 coupled to the flange 2, and a manifold container 4 with a branch-pipe mounting part 4a into which those branch pipes 3 are fit in a state that those are arranged in parallel.
- a fitting part 3a of each branch pipe 3 at which the branch pipe is fit into the branch-pipe mounting part 4a is shaped like a fan in cross section.
- An O 2 sensor 5 is attached to the manifold container 4 at a position near the base parts of those branch pipes 3.
- a metal catalyst carrier 7 for purifying exhaust gas is contained in the manifold converter 6.
- exhaust gas discharged from the engine is introduced from a plurality of branch pipes 3 into the manifold container 4, and an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is measured by the O 2 sensor 5 and introduced into the manifold converter 6.
- the exhaust gas is purified by the metal catalyst carrier 7, and discharged out through an exhaust gas discharging port 8. Then, it is guided into a muffler (not shown) for deadening the sound of exhausting gases, and then is discharged into the air.
- the branch pipes 3 are shaped to have their fitting parts 3a whose cross section is fan in shape and, accordingly, in a form of a sector of a circle.
- the peripheral length adjustment is used. Accordingly, a cross section area of the resultant fitting part is smaller than that of an original pipe 9, as shown in Fig. 8.
- a cross section area S1 of the fitting part 3a is equal to the result of subtracting cross section areas S2 and S3 of two crescent-like parts from the cross section area S of the original pipe 9.
- a header assembly for an internal combustion engine including a pair of header pipes having discharge ends and a collector, wherein the discharge ends of the pair of header pipes are mounted to the collector and comprise fan-like shape in cross section.
- US 5,269,650 A discloses a uniform flow exhaust gas transfer pipe, wherein the transfer pipe is curved uniformly through any bend therein, and the pipe is fabricated to present a cross sectional area at which bend that is the same as that of transfer pipe cross sectional area along its straight portions, that means the pipe is formed to maintain the pipe cross sectional area, such that the pipe has a constant cross sectional area along its entire length.
- the above-mentioned objective is solved according to the present invention by a method of manufacturing an exhaust manifold branch pipe with a fitting part to be fit into a manifold container and a group of pipe members, wherein it is provided the steps of expanding an end of each said pipe members, and shaping said expanded end of said pipe members in such a manner that a cross section of said fitting part is shaped into a sector of a circle in cross section and a cross sectional area of said fitting part is substantially equal to a cross sectional area of said branch pipe before said pipe members are worked.
- Figs. 1 to 5 show an exhaust manifold using branch pipes for an exhaust manifold (referred to as branch pipes), which form an embodiment of the present invention.
- Figs. 1 to 3 In an exhaust manifold of the embodiment, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, four branch pipes 10, 11, 12, 13, which are each circular in cross section, are fastened at the upstream side to a flange 20 fastened to the exhaust side of an engine, and are coupled at the downstream side of those pipes to a manifold container 30.
- An O 2 sensor 40 is attached to the manifold container 30.
- a catalytic converter 50 is mounted on the manifold container 30.
- the catalytic converter 50 is consecutively coupled to a lower side container 60 and a flange 70 on which the container 60 is mounted.
- the branch pipe 10 is communicatively coupled to a first cylinder of the engine; the branch pipe 11, to a second cylinder; the branch pipe 12, to a third cylinder; and the branch pipe 13, to a fourth cylinder.
- Parts (fitting parts) 10a, 11a, 12a, 13a of the ends of the branch pipes 10, 11, 12, 13, which are fit into a branch pipe mounting part 31, are each shaped like a fan in cross section and, accordingly, a sector of a circle in cross section.
- a cross section area SX of the parts (fitting parts) 10a,11a, 12a, 13a, which are fit into the branch pipe mounting part 31, is substantially equal to a cross section area S of non-worked parts (original pipes) of the branch pipes 10, 11, 12, 13, which are each circular in shape.
- the branch pipe mounting part 31, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is curved toward the outside of the manifold container 30.
- the parts (fitting parts) 10a, 11a 12a, 13a to be fit into the branch pipe mounting part 31, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are put in such a state that the walls 10c,11 b, 11c, 12b, 12c, 13b, 13c, 10b are brought into surface contact with one another.
- those fitting parts are arranged about the center line of the branch pipe mounting part 31 of the manifold container 30, while being slanted with respect to the center line at a given angle.
- those branch pipes 10 to 13 are consecutively arranged in the order of the branch pipes 10, 13, 11, 12.
- the other portions of the branch pipes 10, 11, 12, 13 than the parts (fitting parts) 10a,11 a, 12a, 13a to be fit into the branch pipe mounting part 31 are each circular in cross section, like the normal branch pipes, and the coupling parts of those portions to the bracket / flange 20 are each rectangular in cross section.
- the walls 10c, 12b, 12e, 13b, 13c, 11 b, 11 c, 10b are welded together by welding applied onto the inside and outside of the manifold container 30, and reliably fastened together.
- the parts (fitting parts) 10a, 11a 12a, 13a to be fit into the branch pipe mounting part 31 are formed in a manner that a pipe having a circular cross section is worked into a pipe having a fan-shaped cross section, and the cross section area SX of it is substantially equal to the cross section area S of the non-worked part (original pipe) of each of the branch pipes 10, 11, 12, 13, which are each circular in shape. Accordingly, the branch pipes of the invention succeeds in reducing the pressure loss to be smaller than that of the conventional branch pipes. In other words, there is no case of reducing the engine power.
- Figs. 4 and 5 show a method of manufacturing the branch pipes 10, 11, 12, 13.
- a pipe 100 which is circular in cross section, is prepared for working.
- a cross section of the pipe 100 is Smm 2 .
- a part 101 corresponding to the parts (fitting parts) 10a, 11a, 12a, 13a to be fit into the branch pipe mounting part 31 is expanded in diameter.
- a cross section area of the expanded part is (S + ⁇ )mm 2 .
- the expanded part is shaped into a fan-shaped part.
- crescent parts 102 and 103 as defined by a radius of the fan are crushed to be flat, and hence the resultant fan-shaped part is ⁇ mm 2 in cross section.
- the pipe having a circular cross section is expanded in diameter, and worked to have squeezed parts, and then, the resultant is shaped into the pipe part whose cross section is fan in shape. Therefore, the cross section area of the resultant part is substantially equal to that of the original pipe.
- a cross section area of the fitting part of the branch pipes is substantially equal to that of the original pipe of the branch pipe. Therefore, there is eliminated the decrease of the pressure loss causedby a configuration variation of the fitting part.
- branch pipes for an exhaust manifold in which a fitting part to be fit into a manifold container comprises a group of pipe members, wherein a cross section of the fitting part of each branch pipe is shaped into a fan-like shape and, accordingly, a sector of a circle in cross section, and the cross sectional area of the branch pipe is substantially equal to that of the branch pipe before the branch pipe is worked.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an exhaust manifold branch pipe mounted to of an internal combustion engine.
- This type of the exhaust manifold is known as disclosed in the JP 09-236012 A.
- An example of the exhaust manifold is shown in Figs. 6 and 7.
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exhaust manifold 1 is made up of aflange 2 fastened to the exhaust side of an engine, fourbranch pipes 3 coupled to theflange 2, and amanifold container 4 with a branch-pipe mounting part 4a into which thosebranch pipes 3 are fit in a state that those are arranged in parallel. Afitting part 3a of eachbranch pipe 3 at which the branch pipe is fit into the branch-pipe mounting part 4a is shaped like a fan in cross section. - An O2 sensor 5 is attached to the
manifold container 4 at a position near the base parts of thosebranch pipes 3. - A
manifold converter 6 as a cylindrical container, elliptical in cross section, is coupled to a downstream side of themanifold container 4. - A
metal catalyst carrier 7 for purifying exhaust gas is contained in themanifold converter 6. - In the
exhaust manifold 1, exhaust gas discharged from the engine is introduced from a plurality ofbranch pipes 3 into themanifold container 4, and an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is measured by the O2 sensor 5 and introduced into themanifold converter 6. - Thereafter, the exhaust gas is purified by the
metal catalyst carrier 7, and discharged out through an exhaustgas discharging port 8. Then, it is guided into a muffler (not shown) for deadening the sound of exhausting gases, and then is discharged into the air. - The
branch pipes 3 are shaped to have theirfitting parts 3a whose cross section is fan in shape and, accordingly, in a form of a sector of a circle. In the shaping process, the peripheral length adjustment is used. Accordingly, a cross section area of the resultant fitting part is smaller than that of anoriginal pipe 9, as shown in Fig. 8. - Specifically, a cross section area S1 of the
fitting part 3a is equal to the result of subtracting cross section areas S2 and S3 of two crescent-like parts from the cross section area S of theoriginal pipe 9. - The reduction of the cross section area will adversely affect the pressure loss. In other words, this possibly leads to the engine output reduction.
- From WO 92 03 639 A a header assembly for an internal combustion engine including a pair of header pipes having discharge ends and a collector, wherein the discharge ends of the pair of header pipes are mounted to the collector and comprise fan-like shape in cross section.
- Furthermore, US 5,269,650 A discloses a uniform flow exhaust gas transfer pipe, wherein the transfer pipe is curved uniformly through any bend therein, and the pipe is fabricated to present a cross sectional area at which bend that is the same as that of transfer pipe cross sectional area along its straight portions, that means the pipe is formed to maintain the pipe cross sectional area, such that the pipe has a constant cross sectional area along its entire length.
- Accordingly, it is an objective of the present invention to improve a method of manufacturing an exhaust manifold branch pipe so as to be enable a low-priced manufacturing of the exhaust manifold branch pipe with reduced pressure loss.
- The above-mentioned objective is solved according to the present invention by a method of manufacturing an exhaust manifold branch pipe with a fitting part to be fit into a manifold container and a group of pipe members, wherein it is provided the steps of expanding an end of each said pipe members, and shaping said expanded end of said pipe members in such a manner that a cross section of said fitting part is shaped into a sector of a circle in cross section and a cross sectional area of said fitting part is substantially equal to a cross sectional area of said branch pipe before said pipe members are worked.
- Further preferred embodiments of the present invention are laid down in the further subclaims.
- In the following, the present invention is explained in greater detail by means of several embodiments thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
- Fig. 1 is a front view showing an exhaust manifold using exhaust manifold branch pipes, which form an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a bottom view showing a key portion of the exhaust manifold of Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view showing a key portion of the Fig. 1 exhaust manifold.
- Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a manufacturing process of the Fig. 1 branch pipe.
- Fig. 5 is another explanatory diagram for explaining a manufacturing process of the Fig. 1 branch pipe.
- Fig. 6 is a front view showing a conventional exhaust 15 manifold.
- Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view showing the Fig. 6 exhaust manifold.
- Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a manufacturing process of the Fig. 6 branch pipe.
- The preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- Figs. 1 to 5 show an exhaust manifold using branch pipes for an exhaust manifold (referred to as branch pipes), which form an embodiment of the present invention.
- In an exhaust manifold of the embodiment, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, four
branch pipes flange 20 fastened to the exhaust side of an engine, and are coupled at the downstream side of those pipes to amanifold container 30. - An O2 sensor 40 is attached to the
manifold container 30. Acatalytic converter 50 is mounted on themanifold container 30. Thecatalytic converter 50 is consecutively coupled to alower side container 60 and aflange 70 on which thecontainer 60 is mounted. - In the embodiment, the
branch pipe 10 is communicatively coupled to a first cylinder of the engine; thebranch pipe 11, to a second cylinder; thebranch pipe 12, to a third cylinder; and thebranch pipe 13, to a fourth cylinder. - Parts (fitting parts) 10a, 11a, 12a, 13a of the ends of the
branch pipes pipe mounting part 31, are each shaped like a fan in cross section and, accordingly, a sector of a circle in cross section. - A cross section area SX of the parts (fitting parts) 10a,11a, 12a, 13a, which are fit into the branch
pipe mounting part 31, is substantially equal to a cross section area S of non-worked parts (original pipes) of thebranch pipes - The branch
pipe mounting part 31, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is curved toward the outside of themanifold container 30. - The parts (fitting parts) 10a,
11a pipe mounting part 31, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are put in such a state that thewalls pipe mounting part 31 of themanifold container 30, while being slanted with respect to the center line at a given angle. At the branchpipe mounting part 31, thosebranch pipes 10 to 13 are consecutively arranged in the order of thebranch pipes - The other portions of the
branch pipes pipe mounting part 31 are each circular in cross section, like the normal branch pipes, and the coupling parts of those portions to the bracket /flange 20 are each rectangular in cross section. - The
walls manifold container 30, and reliably fastened together. As described above, in the embodiment, the parts (fitting parts) 10a,11a pipe mounting part 31 are formed in a manner that a pipe having a circular cross section is worked into a pipe having a fan-shaped cross section, and the cross section area SX of it is substantially equal to the cross section area S of the non-worked part (original pipe) of each of thebranch pipes - Figs. 4 and 5 show a method of manufacturing the
branch pipes - To start with, a
pipe 100, which is circular in cross section, is prepared for working. A cross section of thepipe 100 is Smm2. - A
part 101 corresponding to the parts (fitting parts) 10a, 11a, 12a, 13a to be fit into the branchpipe mounting part 31 is expanded in diameter. - As a result, a cross section area of the expanded part is (S + α)mm2.
- Next, the expanded part is shaped into a fan-shaped part. In the shaping process,
crescent parts pipe 100. - As described above, in the embodiment, the pipe having a circular cross section is expanded in diameter, and worked to have squeezed parts, and then, the resultant is shaped into the pipe part whose cross section is fan in shape. Therefore, the cross section area of the resultant part is substantially equal to that of the original pipe.
- Concurrently with the progression of the above working process, the end parts of the
branch pipes bracket 20 are each worked to have a rectangular cross section area. - As seen from the foregoing description, in the invention, a cross section area of the fitting part of the branch pipes is substantially equal to that of the original pipe of the branch pipe. Therefore, there is eliminated the decrease of the pressure loss causedby a configuration variation of the fitting part.
- As described above, there are provided branch pipes for an exhaust manifold in which a fitting part to be fit into a manifold container comprises a group of pipe members, wherein a cross section of the fitting part of each branch pipe is shaped into a fan-like shape and, accordingly, a sector of a circle in cross section, and the cross sectional area of the branch pipe is substantially equal to that of the branch pipe before the branch pipe is worked.
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- A method of manufacturing an exhaust manifold branch pipe with a fitting part (10a-13a, 101) to be fit into a manifold container (30) and a group of pipe members (10-13), characterized by the steps of:expanding an end of each said pipe members (10, 13), andshaping said expanded end of said pipe members (10, 13) in such a manner that a cross section of said fitting part (10a-13a, 101) is shaped into a sector of a circle in cross section and a cross sectional area (SX, SXmm2) of said fitting part (10a-13a, 101) is substantially equal to a cross sectional area (S, Smm2) of said branch pipe before said pipe members (10-13) are worked.
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